As the Blazers' season winds down, bench player Joel Freeland looks to the future.

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Time has run out on the Portland Trail Blazers. They avoided total playoff elimination Wednesday night only because the Utah Jazz were unable to find a way to beat the Denver Nuggets in Salt Lake City, but the Blazers’ next loss will be the final nail in their coffin. With the meaningful part of the regular season coming to a close, it’s nearing time for the Blazers to switch their focus. “You ...
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It's just about over for the Blazers. Don't tell them that, though.

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Almost exactly a week ago, the outlook in Blazerland was rosy. The Blazers were winners of four of their last six—not world-beating numbers by any stretch, but a marked improvement over the seven straight they dropped in February. Coming off unexpected back-to-back road wins against the playoff-bound Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks, the Blazers rolled into Oklahoma City with a chance ...
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Portland, the Nets and Damian Lillard

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Back in January, The Gothamist published an article entitled “Are Portland and Brooklyn Actually the Same Place?” This piece came with a handy Venn diagram showing, with just a touch of levity, what the city of Portland and New York City’s largest borough do and do not share. On the Portland-only side of the diagram is affordable rent. On the Brooklyn side is Maggie Gyllenhaal. ...
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J. Isaac, who spent two decades at the Portland Trail Blazers, many dealing with government agencies, has a new job—working for CFM, a prominent lobbying and public affairs firm that has offices in Portland and D.C. Isaac, a lawyer who many years ago was the business manager for the iconic Portland rock group Quarterflash, and is currently the chair of the Portland Business Alliance, ...
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Portlanders who have lived in this city for less than a decade may not know that the poster child for the infamous "Jail Blazers," the squad of hoopsters who were better known for their off-court exploits than their hardwood skills, was Isiah "J.R." Rider, a player of whose athletic talent was exceeded only by his ability to make poor judgments. Rider came to Portland from Minnesota to play for the ...
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Former Trail Blazer Cliff Robinson enjoyed a long and lucrative NBA career. A 6'10" forward who starred at the University of Connecticut, Robinson joined the Blazers in 1989 as a second round pick. He became an NBA All-Star in 1994 when he averaged more than 21 points per game. Robinson would play eight seasons for the Blazers and total of 18 seasons in the NBA. He retired in 2007, having scored just ...
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Here's an update to the analysis that Casey Jarman wrote in today's WW of potential Portland Trail Blazers playoff opponents in the first round: the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant may be a bigger jerk than we feared.After tonight's games end the regular season, the Blazers will learn whether they'll be playing Dallas, Oklahoma City or the Lakers in the first round.If it's the Lakers, that should be ...
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Can the Blazers finally escape the first round?

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As the Trail Blazers prepare this week for their third
consecutive playoff appearance, Portland seems poised to make a push for
postseason success thanks to the midseason addition of Gerald Wallace.
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Former Portland Trail Blazers center Arvydas Sabonis will be enshrined in the basketball Hall of Fame this summer.The announcement today of Sabonis' entry into the Hall of Fame as part of a class that includes Dennis Rodman, Chris Mullin and Artis Gilmore makes Sabonis the sixth ex-Blazer to make the Hall.Sabonis had a solid career with the Blazers, playing seven seasons with Portland. But by ...
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